Fire-kindler.



PATENTES ,MAY 21, 1907 W. EAG-GEEN @E am 5. MEMS.

Pm: KINDER. APPLIGATION FILED .TUHE 27. 1966.

*Frown l it llilliililriil HENRY HAGQERT lr' AND IGR h2, lil. Y.

no. seater.

Specification of .Letters Patent.

Patented may 2, 1907.

Application led June 27,1906. Serial No. 323,591.

To @ZZ ywhom t may concert-:

" Be it .lrnownl that we, @illumini HENRY T iocsri'rr and 'll/'Imran Josnrn Daems, both citizens of the United States, and residents or". the city of New York, borough oi Brooklyn, in the county of `Kings and State of New Ecrit, have invented a new and lmpioved Fire-Kindler, ci' which the following is Si `lfull, clear, and exactdescription.'

@This invention is an 'improved means for hindling fires, consistingr of e. suitable gas burner adapted to be suspended from the grate of a stove, open fireplace 4or the like, and heat the hiel therein in a few minutes to lthe point of ignition.

The' .invention consists generally of a plurality of pipes arranged parallel to each other, each carrying a series of tubular burners designed to eject a hot, blue flame against the fuel, combined with hooks for suspending them from the grate, and a handle for carry ing the lrindler about from place to place.

Reference is to be had to the accompany ing drawings forming a part ci this specification,y in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.y

Figure l is a side elevation of the improved kindler as applied to a range for starting a lire ,1 the range being shown .in dotted outline;

F ig. 2 is a plan view ofthe kindler, and Figf is a transverse, sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows.

The invention comprises two parallel pipes l. arranged side by side and communi eating with each other at each end by t5- shaped connections 2 and 2a. Each of the parallel pipes have leading vertically upward from their upper surface a series cf tubular burners $5, preferably equally spaced apart, and provided with air intake openings el near their base. J ust below these air intake openings in -each burner, a circular perforated straining disk 5k islixed to prevent cinders,

'ashes or other fermier1 material dropping from the grate and falling into the pipe. The U-sl'iaped connection 2 connects with a pipe 6 projecting from the lrindler Vin the same plane and parallel to the pipes `1, and has threaded on its outer end a nipple 7, corrugated on its stem to receive and hold a rube ber tube 8 connecting with any suitable source oi. gas supply. @n the pipe is arl l i mediate the handle 9 and U-shaped connection 2 and is revoluble on said pipe in a plane at right angles to that of the hook member l()T In the use of the lrindler, it is swung, as shown, from the rgrate or other convenient projection in the ash pit and in close relation to the fuel absve it. By now turning on the gas and lighting the ser-ies of tubular burners, a hot, blue` flame will be projected through the interstices of the grate, resulting in a glowing hot tire within a few minutes, after which the kindler is removed from the ash it l-lving thus described-our -invention we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l; A `fire kindler comprising two pipes arranged side by side and connected together at the ends by U-shaped members, a series of tubular burners carried by each pipe, a supplyl pipe connecting with one of said U- shaped members, a hand-grip surrounding the supply pipe, and means for suspending the burner from agrate or the like.

2. A. lire kindlcr comprising two pipes arranged side byfside and connected together at' the ends by U-shaped members a series of tubular burners carried by each pipe, a sup-A ply pipe connecting with `one of said U- shaped members, a hand-grip surrounding the supply pipe, a hook connected to the other of said members, and a hook connected to the supply pipe.

ln testimony whereoll we have signed our names to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses June 25th, 1906.

Wittem HENRY incastri. [1.. si wittuir Josemi anims. b.. s]

Witnesses:

HENRY linnn.. s] .Tiroir/is DwYi-nr. LL. s] 

